I.......urped........

At 5:21 a.m., Jacky started screaming from the other room. Thinking he'd just fallen out of bed again (moved from a crib a couple weeks ago) I walked in there to pick him up. He was sitting on the bed and said, "I urped." He'd thrown up on his bed and his shirt and was crying. I always think it's funny that my kids use the term "urp." It makes the most sense because whenever Juliet spits up, we say that she'd urped. I just feel at some point it changes from urp to vomit but at 5:21 in the morning, it's hard to make that distinction to someone who's only 2. So he threw up again this morning around 8:00. I kind of get the feeling that it's just something he ate. Jacky's such a good natured little boy; my sweetheart. He's watching cartoons in a diaper and chewing gum. Well, a load of stinky laundry awaits.

The Basement...

For years now (and I'm not exaggerating) we've been working on our basement but at last, the end seems near. I hung or hanged (whichever is correct) can lights yesterday (not in the photograph) to continue on the quest to get electrical done. This picture just shows some of the wires we've been working on and the A/C vents. I need to go down and take some more pictures. The framing is finished with a spot for the fireplace. I'm really pleased with the way the fireplace turned out because it looks better than I had imagined. It's so wonderful to see it coming together and knowing that I'll be able to use the space soon!! Our goal is Thanksgiving. I'm not sure if it'll be completely done by then but I'm hoping to have drywall, lights, and flooring done by then. The bathrooms might not make it. So to anyone that's ever finished a room before, you have my sympathies. (Emily, you win the prize.) Loves--J

Maxine's contribution and the 4-month mark!

Ever since Maxine saw that I'd created a blog, she wanted a blog of her own. I told her I'd blog one of her pictures and this came out. Looking at some other pictures on another blog site, she wanted to draw a crab. Maxine loves to free draw and elephants are her latest thing.

Juliet is 4 months old today. I didn't realize it until I looked down at the date on my phone and thought, "Today's the 17th. What happened on a17th? Oh yeah, Juliet was born and I was married on June 17th." It's a big day. Jules is sweetheart and I just can't believe that 4 months has elapsed since I had her. What a whirlwind!

Last Lake Day 10-11-2007

We celebrated our last lake day on October 11th. Then we put the boat in the back yard for another season. It always makes me a little sad because it means the end of summer. We definitely had our fair share of lake days, averaging at least once a week and sometimes twice a week. For me, it's a great place to sit and hang out with Merril while the kids entertain themselves in the sand and water. I feel totally relaxed when we leave and look forward to the next time. We only ran out of gas once this year and in my opinion, boats should have a reserve tank like motorcycles and four-wheelers.